VIRTUAL COURSE: Refining Blending
OVERVIEW
Growing global competitiveness in the refining products’ market requires an in-depth knowledge of fuel technology processes, global quality standards, and quality monitoring procedures. As a global market turns to clean fuels and more stringent specifications, the environment in which refiners operate is more and more challenging.
The course presents a comprehensive overview of white products blending processes, covering refining processing and technology aspects, crude quality impact, specifications, quality giveaway, additives selection, blending economics, testing, and troubleshooting. Additionally, the course gives a perspective of how the blending process fits into the integrated refinery operations. Case studies are used to illustrate the relative importance of each aspect of the blending process.
WHO SHOULD
ATTEND
- Personnel from the oil, fuel, biofuel, additive and auto industries
- Refinery technical personnel
- Operative planning and scheduling specialists
- Trading and blending personnel
- Laboratory supervisors and technical personnel
- Sales, marketing and product trading personnel
BENEFITS OF ATTENDING
- A clear overview of processing background and how white products are produced and blended
- A clear overview of fuel blending operations, blending principles, specifics and operations
- Understanding the blending impact on product quality and how to deal with quality giveaways, stability of blends and specification margins
- Understanding the importance of specifications, their limitations and how to ensure that the product is fit for purpose
- Understanding the role of additives and how additives are selected and used to meet the specification for different products and different markets
- The interpretation of the laboratory results
Further Questions:
For further information please contact education department:
International Business House
Tel:+44 (0) 207 183 4507
Fax: +44 (0) 207 504 8225
office@ibhouse.net
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